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grievous

GREE-vas
greevas in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɡɹivəs/ · 2 syllables

How “grievous” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “grievous” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishgrievous
Ingglishgreevas

“grievous” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “grievous”
Ingglishgreevas
IPA/ɡ//ɹ//i//v//ə//s/
Sounds
6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /i/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /ɡ/, /ɹ/, /v/, /s/
Syllables
2 — GREE · vas, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.1 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #16,727 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ivəs/

“grievous” — questions & answers

How do you spell “grievous”?

G-R-I-E-V-O-U-S in English; “greevas” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “grievous”?

GREE-vas — IPA /ˈɡɹivəs/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “grievous”?

/ˈɡɹivəs/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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